New Diplomatic Posts Could Give UK a Fresh Path to Influence

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In April 2018, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson offered a glimpse of what the UK’s post-Brexit foreign policy might look like, announcing nine new diplomatic posts in the Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), southern Africa (Lesotho and eSwatini) and the Pacific (Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu).

In this comment feature the author suggested that by building on existing relationships, Britain could offer strategic engagement to partners after Brexit.

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ESO: In Focus: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 http://www.europeansources.info/record/commonwealth-heads-of-government-meeting-2018/
Chatham House: Event, 07.11.18: In Search of a Role: Rethinking British Foreign Policy / Brexit and the Re-Making of British Foreign Policy (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/in-search-of-a-role-rethinking-british-foreign-policy-brexit-and-the-re-making-of-british-foreign-policy/
ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

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